All Locarno articles
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NewsLocarno film festival protest sees huge shroud unfurled with names of 60,000 killed in Gaza
Peaceful protest took place shortly before a sold-out Piazza Grande screening of Olivia Wilde’s ’The Invite’, which is being attended by over 8,000 people.
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Reviews‘At Night’ review: Experimental, allusive UK debut explores women’s shared experiences
Beatrice Gibson’s Paris-set Locarno premiere features cinematography from filmmaker Ben Rivers
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FeaturesOlivia Wilde explains why she fought for cinema release over a streaming deal ‘bribe’ for ‘The Invite’
Speaking at Locarno Film Festival, Wilde said the industry has been mistaken in believing that comedies now only work on the small screen and not in cinemas.
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NewsSplit Screen boards Georgian protest drama ‘Tear Gas’ ahead of Locarno premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Fiction film about family drawn into mass protests in Tblisi was shot inside real demonstrations in Georgia.
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FeaturesLegendary producer Joni Sighvatsson on working with David Lynch: “He was very single-minded”
Sighvatsson was honoured at the Locarno Film Festival ahead of a Piazza Grande screening of Lynch’s 1990 Palme d’Or winner ’Wild At Heart’.
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Features“Evil is part of our life”: director Felix Randau on ‘I Is Another’ about Himmler's masseur
Film stars Claes Bang as the former massage therapist to SS leader Heinrich Himmler, who claims to have saved thousands of lives.
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Reviews‘Manhunt’ review: Intense psychological thriller follows two troubled boys across the Canadian wilderness
Wayne Wapeemukwa’s Locarno competition title is inspired by real life events
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NewsLocarno Pro talks nepo babies and white male filmmakers: “Privilege is very present in the industry”
Most of this century’s top grossing films were made by ‘nepo baby creatives’ according to research presented at the Locarno Film Festival’s StepIn industry conference.
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NewsLocarno launches cash rebate to attract film and TV productions
The fund will operate for an initial three-year period and has launched with an annual budget of $74,000 (CHF60,000).
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NewsLocarno pays tribute to Isabella Rossellini as festival kicks off with ‘The Green Eyes’ premiere
Artistic director Giona A Nazzaro led round of applause for two of his Locarno predecessors who died this year, Moritz de Hadeln and Lili Hinstin
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Reviews‘The Green Eyes’ review: Locarno opener is visually striking, tonally uneven French asylum drama
Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh’s magical realist film takes inspiration from the rare condition of resignation syndrome
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NewsLocarno to honour US filmmaker James Gray
Festival will present award to Gray ahead of a Piazza Grande screening of his latest film ‘Paper Tiger’.
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FeaturesFive Locarno Open Doors directors to look out for
The participants make for an instant list of international talent to watch.
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FeaturesIn profile: Locarno’s 2026 Open Doors Projects
Six projects from Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda are looking for international partners through Locarno Pro’s Open Projects Hub.
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FeaturesAfrican producers at Open Doors 2026 talk tenacity, resilience and innovation
Chances to meet fellow African producers remain rare and precious.
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FeaturesHow Open Doors is helping to build audiences for African films in and outside Africa
The Locarno initiative aims to provide a meeting point for African filmmakers and create opportunities for equitable coproductions,
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Features“Locarno is the place to see how a film can work,” says festival director Giona A Nazzaro
Nazzaro talks about his love for genre filmmaking and US cinema and embracing political debate.
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NewsLocarno Pro 2026 to debate fast-evolving market dynamics, showcase fresh talent
Locarno Pro head Markus Duffner on what to expect at the festival’s industry programme this year.
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NewsFlorin Şerban’s Locarno world premiere ‘You Don’t Belong Here’ boarded for sales
EXCLUSIVE: The Romanian Silver Bear winner returns with his next project, in which a father makes an earth-shattering discovery about his son.